Maynard James Keenan often referred to by his initials MJK, is an American musician, record producer, winemaker, and actor. Maynard was born in Ravenna, Ohio, United States on April 17, 1964. He enthused to Los Angeles, California in 1988 to follow an occupation in center design and set edifice. Shortly afterward, he created the band Tool through Adam Jones. Maynard is moreover the lead vocalist of A Perfect Circle.

In 2003, he formed Puscifer as a side scheme and has next unconfined 3 studio albums. As rising to fame, Maynard has been renowned as organism a hermit; though, he does come out to bear generous causes. In adding to his melody profession, he has performed improvisational draft humor and ventured into drama. In 2003, Maynard surfaced beneath the name “Puscifer” for the song “REV 22:20” on the Underworld movie recording.

Puscifer was once advertised as a side plan through Danny Lohner, who had previously performed live through Nine Inch Nails, but has because been created as a demonstration of Keenan’s “original subliminal”—sense that Maynard is at the present using the name as a alias for his singly work. Maynard has affirmed that it is “an opening improvisational hardcore band”, and his “catch-all, watercourse of awareness, something goes, etc.” plan.